Fluorescent

Step down from the missing stair And sit up in the empty chair An illusion of influence Painted on the ceiling It's not like you were ever there Sick hearts for a healthy prayer Could it be so obvious It's so unappealing

Up to the waiting room I know we never had time To say goodbye The flowers never bloom When it's the vase that decides We're inside And now it's closing in Take the lift to the basement

Where they call it enslavement Don't tell me to be patient Always looking for something Why can't it just be one thing Nothing more than an upswing I'm swinging up Hide the note in the corner Maybe it'll be warmer

When the sun comes i'll warn her Thirty days til eleven I never learned my lesson And i'll see you fluorescent A trial inside the tomb All for the turn of the tides We're inside The flowers never bloom

When it's the vase that decides We're inside Up to the waiting room I know we never had